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Huge Ransomware hits today!

sonis718

doesn't look like anyone has started a thread on this yet.

so lets talk about it.

Massive ransomware attack hits 74 countries - May. 12, 2017

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any thoughts?

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sonis718

everyone is running around like chickens with their heads cut off

sonis718

they are calling it "WannaCry"

sparda963

I have no pity or remorse for anyone who gets hit by this. Microsoft released a patch for this over a month ago. If your process requires more then a month to test and deploy patches, you might as well not even bother with the process at all.

sonis718

Have not seen reports of massive success rate of this virus in US yet, only Europe.

rschroeder

Lots to read about this one--how 90% of a particular U.S. Government agency's computers are still running Windows XP and are vulnerable to this, how a 23-year-old kid figured out how to defeat this by buying/registering the domain name it relies on, and more.

All I hope is that the extortionists discover Karma is real.

sonis718

WinXP Really is the best!

sparda963

And I guess this gets to be my number 1 priority now directly from the CEO. The Wisconsin Hospital Association put out a high priority alert because of this. I guess ransomware is finally on our radar.